Peter S. Beagle Quotes

United States, Author
April 20, 1939

Peter Soyer Beagle (born April 20, 1939) is an American novelist and screenwriter, especially fantasy fiction. His best-known work is The Last Unicorn (1968), a fantasy novel he wrote in his twenties, which Locus subscribers voted the number five "All-Time Best Fantasy Novel" in 1987.

Also known as Novelist, Screenwriter

My people are in the world again. No sorrow will live in my heart as long as that joy - save one, and I thank you for that, too.

Peter S. Beagle
- People
- World
- Long
The Unicorn Sonata … tells us that our true home is often right around the corner, if we'd only open our eyes - and our ears - to find it.

Peter S. Beagle
- Home
- True
- Eyes

Don't look back, and don't run. You must never run from anything immortal; it attracts their attention.

Peter S. Beagle
- Attention
The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. … Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.

Peter S. Beagle
- Time
- Long
- May
When I was very young every grownup was a hero. It's been all downhill since then, and I have only two left.

Peter S. Beagle
- Hero